John Larch

John Larch

Acting
Born Oct 04, 1914
From Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Died Oct 16, 2005

John Larch (October 4, 1914 - October 16, 2005) was an American film and television actor. After his lead role in the radio serial Captain Starr of Space (1953–54), John Larch entered films in 1954. He usually appeared in westerns (How The West Was Won) and action films, including Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton Jr. (1963), Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as General Omar Bradley (1976), replacing James Gregory as Mac in the Matt Helm movie The Wrecking Crew (1969) starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. Larch, an old friend of Clint Eastwood, appeared in Eastwood films, including Dirty Harry (1971) and Play Misty for Me (1971). He also appeared on a number of television programs, including Naked City (three episodes), Route 66 (three episodes), The Fugitive (two episodes), The Invaders, The Restless Gun (four episodes), Gunsmoke (seven episodes), The Virginian (four episodes), Bonanza, Hawaii Five-0, Mission Impossible (two episodes), The Troubleshooters, Bus Stop, Laramie, The Law and Mr. Jones, and possibly most famously as Bill Mumy's father in The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" in 1961. He also appeared in two other The Twilight Zone episodes, playing a psychiatrist in "Perchance to Dream" and the sheriff in "Dust". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Larch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Dirty Harry
7.4
1971

Dirty Harry

Chief

Airplane II: The Sequel
6.1
1982

Airplane II: The Sequel

Prosecuting Attorney

How the West Was Won
7.0
1962

How the West Was Won

Grimes (uncredited)

Play Misty for Me
6.6
1971

Play Misty for Me

Sgt. McCallum

The Amityville Horror
6.3
1979

The Amityville Horror

Father Nuncio

The Wrecking Crew
5.7
1968

The Wrecking Crew

MacDonald

Illegal
6.3
1955

Illegal

District Attorney's Man (uncredited)

7 Men from Now
6.8
1956

7 Men from Now

Payte Bodeen

Framed
6.5
1975

Framed

Bundy

Written on the Wind
6.9
1956

Written on the Wind

Roy Carter

Bad Ronald
6.3
1974

Bad Ronald

Sgt. Lynch

The Saga of Hemp Brown
6.3
1958

The Saga of Hemp Brown

Jed Givens

Cannon for Cordoba
5.6
1970

Cannon for Cordoba

Warner

Tight Spot
6.5
1955

Tight Spot

First Detective (uncredited)

The Phenix City Story
6.6
1955

The Phenix City Story

Clem Wilson

Move
4.6
1970

Move

Mounted Patrolman

The Chadwick Family
6.0
1974

The Chadwick Family

Fargo

A Fire in the Sky
5.6
1978

A Fire in the Sky

Johnson

Man in the Shadow
6.7
1957

Man in the Shadow

Ed Yates

5 Against the House
5.9
1955

5 Against the House

Police Detective (uncredited)

Man from Del Rio
6.3
1956

Man from Del Rio

Bill Dawson

The Great Bank Robbery
6.3
1969

The Great Bank Robbery

Sheriff of Friendly

Hell to Eternity
6.3
1960

Hell to Eternity

Capt. Schwabe

From Hell to Texas
5.9
1958

From Hell to Texas

Hal Carmody

The Killer Is Loose
6.7
1956

The Killer Is Loose

Otto Flanders

Future Cop
5.0
1976

Future Cop

Commisioner Forman

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975

Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects

District Attorney

Santee
5.4
1973

Santee

Banner

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
4.0
1976

Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur

Gen. Omar Bradley

Hail, Hero!
6.0
1969

Hail, Hero!

Mr. Conklin

Winter Kill
7.2
1974

Winter Kill

Dr. Bill Hammond

Gun for a Coward
5.9
1956

Gun for a Coward

Stringer

The McConnell Story
6.3
1955

The McConnell Story

Cy

The Naked Street
6.1
1955

The Naked Street

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Behind the High Wall
5.1
1956

Behind the High Wall

William Kiley

Miracle of the White Stallions
5.8
1963

Miracle of the White Stallions

General George S. Patton, Jr.

Quantez
5.7
1957

Quantez

Heller

1956

Johnny Moccasin

Frank Hill

The City
1.0
1971

The City

Holland Yermo

Bitter Creek
6.3
1954

Bitter Creek

Hired Gunman

Seven Angry Men
5.2
1955

Seven Angry Men

Sergeant

Women in Chains
7.0
1972

Women in Chains

Barney

The Desperate Miles
1975

The Desperate Miles

Dr. Bryson

The Careless Years
3.5
1957

The Careless Years

Sam Vernon

Magic Carpet
1972

Magic Carpet

Mr. Tracy

Moby Dick
1954

Moby Dick

1st Sailor

This Is My Love
8.5
1954

This Is My Love

Police Detective

Stampede at Bitter Creek
1962

Stampede at Bitter Creek

Frank Boyd

Pages of Death
5.0
1962

Pages of Death

Councilman Halliday